Enda Kenny on the cover of Time magazine: 'The Celtic Comeback'

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Enda Kenny has been featured on the cover of this week's Time magazine. The story's headline reads 'The Celtic Comeback'. It also says 'Prime Minister Enda Kenny is rebuilding his country’s economy. What the rest of Europe can learn from him.'

To see the cover, click here.

Good for Ireland, or a load of nonsense?

Duggy747

He looks like Podge :pac:

Sappa

Hat a load of crap,obviously timeagazine have never been passed Dublin or bothered to look at the level of debt the Irish nation is in because of idiots like Kenney giving there nod to the bank guarantee.

Sulla Felix

He looks like he's off that stroke ad.

Youssef Chippo

The Celtic Cunt

Happyman42

Any links to the article?

Mr Simpson

Happyman42 wrote: »

Any links to the article?

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2126069,00.html

AnonoBoy

Sappa wrote: »

Hat a load of crap,obviously timeagazine have never been passed Dublin or bothered to look at the level of debt the Irish nation is in because of idiots like Kenney giving there nod to the bank guarantee.

I'm pretty sure it was somebody else who gave the nod to the bank guarantee.

I'd say they have looked at the level of debt that Ireland is in. That's what the article seems to be about - Rebuilding the economy.

IvySlayer

It's Taoiseach.

Remmy

Ah at least he will be able to look at the pictures.

AnonoBoy

IvySlayer wrote: »

It's Taoiseach.

Americans don't speak Irish though.

Mr Simpson

AnonoBoy wrote: »

IvySlayer wrote: »

It's Taoiseach.

Americans don't speak Irish though.

Thats not the American edition though, its the european one. They still don't speak Irish though.

Tazz T

I thought it was a pisstake. There's even a typo on the cover.

'What the rest of Europe can learn from him.'

How about, not make the same mistakes.

Cork boy 55

Time magazine is a kids magazine.
There is a Time advanced(adult edition) but it was not launched in Europea yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TT81o4hL4c

SEPT 23 1989

The Celtic Coward

bbam

Am I missing something here..
Seriously, what have the current government done to recover the country?

Much of what they are doing was initiated under the last government, not that I'm saying its good or bad..

It doesnt seem that anything proactive is being done, well the gathering I suppose but it makes me cringe to the bone...

From the perspective of recovering the economy I see nothing this government have done... NOTHING

There have been some small wins regarding employment in the major urban centres, probably way less than jobs lost. rural Ireland is being left as a wasteland, no initiaves at all to reverse the steep decline in employment.

SEPT 23 1989

They love him because the gobsh1te keeps paying the bondholders:mad:

thebigbiffo

any positive message to the rest of the world is welcome.

Inda's the same clown though, just a different circus.

RGDATA!

can't believe anyone fell for this obvious photoshop

bluecode

He is the Prime Minister, the official title is Taoiseach. That's the what we call the Prime Minister in this country hence both are correct. Leaving that piece of trivia aside.

The rest of the article is nonsense. Good for Kenny's ego but utter BS. There is no comeback. This country in not in recovery, as some expert said lately it's bouncing along the bottom. Massive unemployment which would be worse if it wasn't for the 250 people a day emigrating. A government paralysed by it's inability to do anything about the it's massive public spending bill. A government too busy in fighting rather than working together to fix the problems. A government with no wit or imagination led by man clearly out of his depth.

What the article does prove is that Time magazine has been fooled too by the same spin that's fooling the EU.

There will be a reckoning soon, probably with this December's budget. Enda should enjoy his moment in the spotlight. It won't last.

Fishooks12

RGDATA! wrote: »

can't believe anyone fell for this obvious photoshop

It's not a photoshop

Sappa

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Sappa wrote: »

Hat a load of crap,obviously timeagazine have never been passed Dublin or bothered to look at the level of debt the Irish nation is in because of idiots like Kenney giving there nod to the bank guarantee.

I'm pretty sure it was somebody else who gave the nod to the bank guarantee.

I'd say they have looked at the level of debt that Ireland is in. That's what the article seems to be about - Rebuilding the economy.

Ehh he voted on it as a member of the dail!

Ghandee

Makes a nice change from a minister appearing in Stubbs gazette I suppose. :pac:

washman3

Think Time Magazine are getting confused here. Getting mixed up between Enda and Neil Lennon, ie the Celtic Comeback....:D:D

ejmaztec

I prefer it when he's on the front cover of Phoenix.

bbam

I'm sure there has been some political influence at some level to have this done... Surely their journalism skills arent that poor that they beleive the article themselves...
Sort off showing Greece that the Irish were right to bow down, look even time magazine recognise the good job they've done.. ??

Youssef Chippo

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Americans don't speak Irish though.

Des Bishop?

starbelgrade

Youssef Chippo wrote: »

Des Bishop?

If Des Bishop wasn't enough of a knob end, he had to go and learn Irish just to "show us how it can be done" and piss us off even more.

MidlandsM

Tazz T wrote: »

I thought it was a pisstake. There's even a typo on the cover.

'What the rest of Europe can learn from him.'

How about, not make the same mistakes.

he did'nt create this mess, FF did........you're a short memory, or maybe a selective one?

Davyhal

Hopefully this article will trick some misinformed foreign multinational into thinking that all is fine and dandy and will set up here! Could get a few jobs at least out of this shocking article!

Stinicker

Well at least it is a more positive image than Brian Clowen appearing drunk on the David Letterman show.

The economy is at a bad level for the working person but statistically it ploughing on despite negative headwinds. Once the global recovery begins Ireland will latch onto it quickly and pull the country back. As soon as this happens the stupid Irish electorate will re-elect Fianna Fail so they blow yet another boom.

I am certain Mitt Romney will sweep to power and this will be catalyst for global recovery as he tells the subsidized corporations to get lost and if GWB stayed in power for longer none of this global crisis would have heppened as he would have done exactly nothing as he did with Lehman Bros. and let them sink or swim. The market would quickly consolidate and correct itself and the rotten banks would have gone bust. Government interference and meddling is what has caused most of these problems.

There is no alternative, who would people prefer Fine Gael or the Fianna Fail traitors who have ruined the country on multiple occasions. Fine Gael being their whipping boys who get to clean up the mess and set-up another boom only for FF to squander it again.

Lumbo

Time Magazine made Hitler their man of the year in 1938. Stalin won it a few times as well. Says it all.

Sergeant

Davyhal wrote: »

Hopefully this article will trick some misinformed foreign multinational into thinking that all is fine and dandy and will set up here! Could get a few jobs at least out of this shocking article!

Did you read the article?

Lumbo wrote: »

Time Magazine made Hitler their man of the year in 1938. Stalin won it a few times as well. Says it all.

Are you comparing a well-meaning, if bumbling, man from Mayo to two of the great tyrants of the 20th century?

cloptrop

I think time magazine are playing a role in getting this budget passed and adhered to by the public . This will help the bondholders get paid .
No journalistic merit just a bit of propaganda for Enda to say " lookit how good Im doing , Im the best leader in Europe . Now who has a spare few quid so I can tax it ".

bbam

Stinicker wrote: »

There is no alternative, who would people prefer Fine Gael or the Fianna Fail traitors who have ruined the country on multiple occasions. Fine Gael being their whipping boys who get to clean up the mess and set-up another boom only for FF to squander it again.

Ahhh now come on.. I think the current debacle with O'Reilly has finally shown that they are all as corrupt as each other... I've said before that the only reason FG have a half clean record is the fact that they weren't in power.. If they had been closer to the trough during the "boom" they would have been georging themselves on the slops of power just the same as FF did.
Claiming that they are better than a bad previous government does not make them a GOOD government, its very different.

Lumbo

Sergeant wrote: »

Did you read the article?



Are you comparing a well-meaning, if bumbling, man from Mayo to two of the great tyrants of the 20th century?

Yes




















:pac:

AnonoBoy

Turns out he's only on the cover in the European edition, not the American one.

AnonoBoy

Youssef Chippo wrote: »

Des Bishop?

He's not really American. Des Bishop is a character created by Larry Daly, a comedian from Wexford.

fabbydabby

Lumbo wrote: »

Time Magazine made Hitler their man of the year in 1938. Stalin won it a few times as well. Says it all.

Says what all?

Vladmir Putin was also man of the year. Winning man of the year does not necessarily mean Time admire you. It's designed to stimulate debate.

Corkfeen

Lumbo wrote: »

Time Magazine made Hitler their man of the year in 1938. Stalin won it a few times as well. Says it all.

Most influential man of the year if I recall correctly which in itself was correct. They weren't saying he was a good guy....

kupus

Davyhal wrote: »

Hopefully this article will trick some misinformed foreign multinational into thinking that all is fine and dandy and will set up here! Could get a few jobs at least out of this shocking article!

......its all in the game yo.....omar little

Yamanoto

bbam wrote: »

Seriously, what have the current government done to recover the country?

You make it sound like we were clamped by ze Germans

seamus

Osama Bin Laden was considered for Man of the year in 2001.

As Corkfeen says, MOTY is meant to reflect the person who had the greatest impact (positively or negatively) in a given year. Mahatma Ghandi won it one year too. That has absolutely no bearing on Inda being on the cover this month.

There's been plenty of bitching about the Government, but plenty of evidence that they've halted the freefall the FF government left us. The title of the article is massively premature, but I don't think it's mad to discuss the simple fact that things are looking better now than they were before this government came in.

Lumbo

I've upset Enda fans.

Sorry AH. Enda is not a monster. He's just a very naughty boy.

dvpower

Lumbo wrote: »

I've upset Enda fans.

No. You just got some facts wrong and you were corrected.

Defiler Of The Coffin

The good publicity is badly needed. This is a massive turnaround from November 2010 and hopefully it will make business leaders look at Ireland when deciding where to invest. Fair play to Enda, I see the usual moaners have turned up right on cue.

dodohert

Enda's TM appearance being discussed on David Harvey on 4fm now.

Madam Marie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPHUeCTl85k

Monty Burnz

Sappa wrote: »

Hat a load of crap,obviously timeagazine have never been passed Dublin or bothered to look at the level of debt the Irish nation is in because of idiots like Kenney giving there nod to the bank guarantee.

Um...that was the previous government: Fianna Failure, remember them?

Lumbo

dvpower wrote: »

No. You just got some facts wrong and you were corrected.

No I didn't. Both Hitler and Stalin won Man (Person) of the year. These facts are correct.

Ghandee

dvpower wrote: »

No. You just got some facts wrong and you were corrected.

Has an Enda poster on the bedroom wall ^^